# HIGHWAY 71/72 REFINERY SITE (OLD CITGO REFINERY)
> **Administrative - Formal** · FY1996 · — · Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `36458`
- **Case Number:** 06-1996-0157
- **Type:** Administrative - Formal
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Unilateral Administrative Order Without Adjudication
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** —
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- CANADIANOXY OFFSHORE PRODUCTION COMPANY (complaint)
## Summary

1. SECTION 106(A) OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RE-        SPONSE, COMPENSATION, AND LIABILITY ACT ( CERCLA ), 42       U.S.C. SECTION 9606(A).                                   2. CANADIANOXY OFFSHORE PRODUCTION CO.                          635 8TH AVE., S.W., SUITE 1500                               CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA T2P3Z1                              FACILITY: BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA (OLD CITGO SITE)        3. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN AN UNDEFUNED AREA OF APPROXIMATELY    215 ACRES IN BOSSIER CITY, LOUISIANA. A REFINERY OPERATED    ON THE SITE FROM THE 1920'S UNTIL THE 1950'S. IN THE         1960'S, REFINERY EQUIPMENT WAS REMOVED FROM THE SITE, AND    WASTE PITS WERE FILLED WITH SOIL. THE SITE WAS THEN DE-      VELOPED FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USE. ON PARTS OF      THE SITE, APARTMENT BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED DUE TO     STRONG ORGANIC VAPORS. ON OCCASION, A HOTEL LOCATED ON       THE SITE CANNOT USE THE FIRST FLOOR ROOMS DUE TO FUMES.      AT LEAST ONE HOUSE ON THE SITE HAS HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF    BENZENE IN INDOOR AIR. TARRY SUBSTANCES OOZE OUT OF THE      GROUND IN A HOTEL PARKING LOT, AND IN AT LEAST ONE RESI-     DENTIAL DRIVEWAY. OPEN AREAS INCLUDING CHILDREN'S PLAY-      GROUNDS IN MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL AREAS ARE CONTAMINATED     WITH HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD.                                    THE SITE WAS PROPOSED FOR LISTING ON THE NATIONAL PRIORI-    TIES LIST IN 1995. IN SEPT. 1995, REGION 6, THE LOUISIANA    DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (L

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